The authors do not hold back. Booklist starred review The palpable desperation that pervades the plot...feels true giving it a chilling air of inevitability. Publishers Weekly starred review The Shustermans challenge readers. School Library Journal starred review No one does doom like Neal Shusterman. Kirkus Reviews starred review When the California drought escalates to catastrophic proportions one teen is forced to make life and death decisions for her family in this harrowing story of survival from New York Times bestselling author Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman. The droughtor the TapOut as everyone calls ithas been going on for a while now. Everyones lives have become an endless list of donts dont water the lawn dont fill up your pool dont take long showers. Until the taps run dry. Suddenly Alyssas quiet suburban street spirals into a warzone of desperation neighbors and families turned against each other on the hunt for water. And when her parents dont return and her lifeand the life of her brotheris threatened Alyssa has to make impossible choices if shes going to survive. show more